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  June 07, 2023 New York Daily News

  Federal control of Rikers Island, other NYC jails backed in proposed City Council resolution by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Comptroller Brad Lander

  Two of New York City’s top elected officials — Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and Comptroller Brad Lander — plan a City Council resolution backing a federal takeover of Rikers Island and the rest of the city’s jail system.

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  June 07, 2023 NonProfitTalk

  Rikers and Controversy at the Board of Correction

  Dysfunction at the Board of Correction and the ongoing crisis at Rikers Island. The Fortune Society's Stanley Richards discusses the issue.

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  June 06, 2023 The Fortune Society

  Building Better Futures Through An Innovative Approach to Housing Development Opportunities

  Finding housing options to support the successful reentry of formerly incarcerated people back into society is no easy task. Homelessness remains a significant challenge for those coming out of prison – especially here in New York City.

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  May 31, 2023 The City

  City Jails No Longer Announcing Deaths Behind Bars, Angering Watchdogs

  The Department of Correction says that the de Blasio-era practice of notifying the press when someone dies in a detention facility is over. Advocacy groups and a federal monitor say it’s part of a broader effort to hide wrongdoing.

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  May 30, 2023 The Fortune Society

  STATEMENT ON INITIALLY UNREPORTED INSTANCES OF VIOLENCE

  The Fortune Society is deeply troubled by the information about initially unreported instances of violence causing serious injury to people in the custody of the NYC Department of Correction (DOC), as well as one suicide, contained in the Special Report of the Nunez Independent Monitor filed with the federal court on May 26, 2023.

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